[Closed] Q and A

[pishirogane]

Characters: Naoto, Minato, and everyone contacted
Location: SEES Headquarters
Rating: PG/PG-13
Time: February 8th, After Training or After School
Description: To decide who's sufficient for a team, a small interview is required.


The location turned out to be optimal in the end. It was convenient to have the arcade below so people could entertain themselves while they waited, but honestly, the process was not that long. Naoto just had a few questions for the Meisters and Weapons that she had called in the day before. Hopefully, this would work out or else this entire plan would be a bust.

Calmly, she laced her fingers, setting her hands in her lap at the next knock.

"... Come in."

Comments

[timelessummoner]

[Hmm... Come to think of it, he hasn't spoken to Minato in a while. Perhaps he should go say hello, and maybe try another one of these games of theirs. One of these days he might actually figure out how those things work...]

[socialbutterfly]

Kuzunoha-san. [Minato can't miss Raidou's iconic appearance. He waves the detective over.] I have something to show you...

[timelessummoner]

What is it, Arisato-san?

[socialbutterfly]

Tatsumi-san made these...

[Behold. Within the UFO Catcher now sit twelve Jack Frost dolls.]

[timelessummoner]

Ah. Jack Frost dolls? [As adorable as the real thing.]

I had no idea Tatsumi-san was so skilled at crafts.

[socialbutterfly]

He cooks well too. Do you want to try win one, Kuzunoha-san?

[timelessummoner]

Hmm... I suppose I might as well. How does one play?

[socialbutterfly]

You use these buttons... [These ones here. There are three. One with an 'up' arrow, one with an arrow pointing to the right, and one with a claw symbol on it.] to bring the claw above a prize... then you hope it makes it to the exit. [A large hole to the left.]

[timelessummoner]

I see. I will give it a try.

[Looks simple enough. It can't be that hard to grab one of the dolls--

...Wait, he's sure he aimed right. How did the Jack Frost just slip from the claw like that?]

[socialbutterfly]

It's harder than it looks... Jack Frost is made of ice, so he's slippery. [Minato logic.]

[timelessummoner]

[...But it's a doll...]

He was intentionally made hard to catch? Tatsumi-san certainly thought this out.

[socialbutterfly]

[... Metaphorically.]

That's the power of Jack Frost.

[timelessummoner]

It is true they can be unpredictable, although they usually respond well to friendliness.

[Pause.]

Then again, that part would not translate into dolls...

[socialbutterfly]

You can see it in their faces... [Minato points at all the grinning Jack Frosts.] They'll smile when you don't expect them to and, they'll be friendly if you're friendly...

[timelessummoner]

True...

Are Jack Frosts common in your time? [He thought demons wouldn't be around anymore...]

[socialbutterfly]

[He shakes his head.]

I was the only one who had one... but Elizabeth knew what they were. Also, the local arcade had them in a machine just like this...

[timelessummoner]

I see. Whatever happened during the 80 years separating us, it seems some memory of them has survived...

[It would be nice to know what happened to demons, or if their worlds were even the same in that regard. And then threre are Shadows...]

[socialbutterfly]

We never got past the Sengoku Era in history class, so I don't know...

[timelessummoner]

Demons may not be covered at school, in any case... I suppose there is no way to know.

[socialbutterfly]

Our Occult teacher didn't really talk about them either...

[timelessummoner]

They teach occult at your school?

[socialbutterfly]

Yeah... it's a normal class. We learned about tarot and old magicians from Europe.

[timelessummoner]

Interesting. Those were not common knowledge taught in school in my time.

[socialbutterfly]

[It wasn't a very accurate or useful class, actually...]

What did they teach instead?